Théophane Vénard
French missionary
Died when: 31 years 73 days (374 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Jean-Théophane Vénard (November 21, 1829 at Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet, Diocese of Poitiers, France – February 2, 1861 in Tonkin, Vietnam) was aFrench Catholic missionary to Indo-China.
He was a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.He was beatified in company with thirty-three other Catholic martyrs, most of whom were natives of Tonkin, Cochin-China, or China.
Pope John Paul II canonized him, with nineteen other martyrs, in 1988.
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